I got my PR after a long wait(2 years).. I am planning to move to Australia in December.. I would like to know if I have to apply for an Immicard or something like that to travel to Australia. I only received an email saying “grant letter”. Would that be suffice to travel or should I apply for anything else to be ready to travel. Please advise.. Thanks in advance.

Sorry, but I don’t even know what an Immicard is, pretty sure they didn’t have those when I moved here 10 years ago. I haven’t got one, and I came here on PR as well.

My best advice to you would be to check on the government’s immigration website to find out exactly what you need these days, as the rules do change from time to time. It’s always best to get this information from the horse’s mouth, so to speak.

Hi, I am.wondering if you can tell me the rough cost a month of living for a family of 4? We are looking to move from the UK to the Brisbane area, we are also looking into which visa would be best however it will be in at least 2 years as the cost of moving is very high.

Hello Bob
You won’t remember me but I’ve written to you before and you were most helpful and informative. I have since been into various sites to try and find out about something else, i.e. whether certain illnesses would prevent us from moving to Oz. We have Aussie friends near Sydney but they don’t have an answer. Anyway, as British retirees, we would be paying our own health costs, and with that in mind, my question is whether you know if my having RA would stand in our way? Thank you.

Hi bob,just read ur efforts,actually I am also planning to visit Australia I m 45 wife 40 son 14 daughter 18.we husband wife both r graduate and having own transport business.guide the right way for pr in Australia.its just For children’s bright future.hope u understand better.

No, we don’t, we might get quite a few heavy rain falls and localised flash flooding a couple of times or so a year, but actual floods are very rare. We’ve only had a couple of those in the last 40 years or so.

I’m talking about Brisbane though, not Queensland in general. You might want to read the following post…

Hey Bobinoz
Great video. I loved it. Please don’t think this is rude/prying. But are you & your family loaded? It seems as though you have a FANTASTIC life & I am wondering if this is the ‘norm’ for your average aussie family? My husband and I would dearly love to move to Brisbane, the kids would think all their Chritmasses had come at once if they had a pool in the garden. 🙂
Thanks Bob,
MrsNZ

I wish! No, MrsNZ, I am not loaded. We don’t spend a lot of money each year, and we are very careful what we do spend it on. For example, the whale watching trip, that was on a halfprice deal, one of those coupons.

Bob,
My God,this much of water! What to do? we can’t stop natural things,may God is balancing the world with Tsunami, earth quake,floods …………we are doing so many bad things to the earth,so she is responding to us …….(to every action there is equal and opposite reaction)
here in kerala we have one snake catcher ‘vava suresh ‘ like your black snake, he is handling snake like flowers……so many snake bites he overcome…. really a wonder to us…
here water falls are many,Athirappally,vazhachal…..
backwaters in kumarakam,Alappuzha……
beaches in kovalam,sanghumukam,kochi etc…
feel the unity in diversity of India from one end to the other
I like most is Himalayas,especially ‘kailasam’
Enjoy the life in Australia to the coming years and share

I'm BobinOz and I moved to Australia in November 2007 after living in England for a very long time. Why did I move and what's it like here? All this and more answered right here at Bobinoz. Click here to read more on my about me page.